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A colour image of a small, brown, bare-nosed wombat in the snow

A colour image of a small, chocolate brown, bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) crouching behind some tufts of dry grass poking up out of the snow. Snow lies all around the wombat, who casts a deep shadow. This image was shot while filming 'Australia Game' 1978

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Common wombat
(Vombatus ursinus),
orphaned young being hand-reared after its mother was hit by a car. Animals like this are often used for educational programs to raise public awareness.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Common Wombat - digging burrow

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Common Wombat - digging burrow
South-eastern Australia
Vombatus ursinus
One of the worlds largest burrowing mammals (and the largest burrowing marsupial) uses powerful shoulders, stout, short legs & long blunt claws to excavate tunnels up to 20 metres long.
Kathie Atkinson / Auscape / ardea
Auscape
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